KipVR

I never took any decent photos of mine before I took it to bits...... so this will have to do for the moment :grin:

If they are hydraulic tappets, you can 99% of the time rebuild them. There is a thread with lots of pics on club gti on how to do it. Once you've done one it doesn't take long to do the others, and much cheaper if you've got a valver. As CazzaVR says a flexi on a manifold is very important in my view.

Yeah that's the stuff Kev, I can't remember what happened about the group buy though.

Wrapped the downpipes with the stuff. it's expensive but very good. Just grap some copper out of household electrical wire to tie it with.

I'm managing 46mpg out of my Mk2 gti, steady 65-70 on the motorway, not bad I thought! reads 2mpg more on the readout though. I've really learnt how to drive economically recently, I'm travelling 150 miles a day so spending over 500 a month on petrol for me and my wife's cars, I could get a nice car on finance for that! tempted by the golf diesel, but it would take a long time to make spend back...

Forgive me if this is a basic question, I'm not very clued up with insurance etc! Does it work out cheaper to A: insure 2 cars, one being a basic daily worth 3k, keeping the modified Corrado for sunny days, or B: just insuring the Corrado for permanent use. The 'in my head' theory says it should be cheaper, as your not going ot be able to drive both at once and the daily is a lower risk vehicle, but it's never worked out like that in the past, but thought things may have changed. No one else on the policy. 7 years ncb

Preferred your Corrado Shaun, but you could have done a lot worse. How about using the Gti headlights. I always thought the Gti's look much better mainly because of the headlights. Black grille is a big improvement though.

Arse.

it looks like they are the type that hook round the front seat fixing rather than using pins that you screw into the carpet. Is that the case? If so i hope you can still get them. The screw to the floor type always come loose and slide forward under the pedals for me. Incidentally, I'm using a couple of my old Corrado mats in my Mk2 at the moment, there a really good fit, so could be vice versa.

It's the low pressure side to the reservoir so doesn't need much. Even if it came off, your brakes would still work for a while.

Just pull them!! They do come off!

Loved my (or rather my missus) Teg to drive and it's way more capable than the Corrado, but ultimately loved the Corrado more to live with. The Teg was waaay more reliable though :lol:

120D great little cars, no idea about lease pricing though.

Most people including myself have fitted a tee piece for your oil senders. Look on VAGCAT and it'll give you a pic of how the vac pipes go.

Congratulations on getting it running pal :clap: I'm going for the longest ever install. 2 1/2 years so far :lol: :lol:

One of the best Corrado's on the forum IMO, congratulations. I like the comps on it too. 8)

Madness selling this, sheer madness. An R32 golf in undoubtedly a better performance car, especially with Turbos. But it will never feel that special, just quick.

312's are still a MASSIVE improvement over the standard brakes, and really are fine for all but the hardest use. I've only put them on mine for curb appeal, no other reason. Ten years ago I would have used them hard on the road, but not any more, I'm too old for all that now :D :D

312's are fine for a road car, but can overheat on track days....

I would have needed 16mm spacers to clear my 323/Brembo setup with RX's (not RX II's) I changed wheels in the end, but just thought perhaps you should measure just how much you need before you actually go ahead and buy spacers! Take a wheel off and lie it on its face, put the caliper (with the pads on) over the disc, and stick it on the wheel, the caliper will hit the spokes- space it out with slithers of MDF or whatever until it doesn't. give yourself a few mm of clearance. It's a great setup though, and as big as you would need for the relitevly light Corrado. If you can, it's also better to space the rears from behind the stub axle than between the disc and wheel. It doesn't load up the bearings that way.

:D :D I like your thinking!! ABS, Always Broken System

Watch out for a bent stub axle on the rear, they are quite easily bent if you hit a curb, but often overlooked.

Could they not be fixed as opposed to being replaced? I reckon they are probably just a potentiometer inside no? Has anyone taken one apart?

You just need the one 11" spal. Crazydave on this forum sells a nice mounting bracket to hold them onto the back.

Should think the downpipes almost definitely different, but the manifolds the same